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Analysis of a long cylinder pressure vesse. Procedure: Preprocessor: 1. In the main menu select preprocessor Element type Add/Edit/Delete on the library of element dialog box select structural solid in the left list box and then select Quad 8 node 82 in 4. Select preprocessor modeling create key points Inactive CS on the create key points in active co-ordinate system dialog box enter 1 for key point number and (10,0,0) for XYZ location in active cs. 5. Select preprocessor modeling create Areas Arbitrary Through KPS 6. Pick key points 1,2,3,4 click ok on the picking menu. Generate Meshing: 7. Select preprocessor Meshing Size Controls Manual Size Global Size on the global element sizes dialog box enter 20 for number of element divis